Protective gear shown above helps prevent bee stings.
Smoke is used to calm the bees during honey extraction.
Over its life, each Canadian honeybee will make just 1/10 of a teaspoon of honey.
To make just one pound of honey, a hive of sixty thousand Canadian honeybees will fly the equivalent of twice around the world and visit two million flowers. Can you find the queen bee?
Domesticated bee colonies are usually rectangular and hold ten to twelve frames.
Every day, a honeybee makes ten trips to visit more than 1000 flowers.
Beekeeping is a year long operation as beekeepers must ensure bees survive the winter with sufficient shelter and food.
The flavour of honey comes from the plants the honeybees visit - wildflowers, clover, canola, alfalfa, sunflowers, fruit trees, and even blueberries.